The general purpose of this thesis is to analyse in which ways the social context—particularly, the intermediation of political information through interpersonal discussion networks—conditions citizens’ attitudes and behaviour. The topic is important because, considering that citizens are rationally-informational limited, political intermediation provides them with low cost pieces and traces of information to function within the democratic order. Therefore, this thesis will proved empirical analysis to support the following arguments. First, in new democracies, the frequency of political discussion is conditioned by the legacies of the past non democratic regimes. Second, the effect of political deliberation on individual electoral volatili...
Online discussions about politics are commonplace these days, and play an increasingly large role in...
Abstract Citizens ’ deliberation and interest in politics are crucial to democracy and have always b...
Interpersonal communication is at the core of every form of human communication system, and the real...
The general purpose of this thesis is to analyse in which ways the social context—particularly, the ...
Some of the most fundamental concerns about democratic politics involve information – who has access...
The study of political discussion has been broken into sub-categories including deliberative democra...
The study of political discussion has been broken into sub-categories including deliberative democra...
There is an agreement among political scholars that political conversation is a good thing and a nec...
Deliberative democracy can be defined as a political system based on citizens\u27 voluntary and free...
Conversation is at democracy’s core. In this dissertation, I examine citizens’ political discussion...
Democratic citizenship is an integral part of democracy. Citizens in a democracy need to have certai...
This paper empirically explores the role of media and political conversation as antecedents to polit...
In this paper we are primarily concerned with political expertise, interest, and agreement as factor...
This article analyzes the role of interpersonal discussion networks and television as the key mediat...
This thesis contributes to the social media literature by focusing on the role and potential of soci...
Online discussions about politics are commonplace these days, and play an increasingly large role in...
Abstract Citizens ’ deliberation and interest in politics are crucial to democracy and have always b...
Interpersonal communication is at the core of every form of human communication system, and the real...
The general purpose of this thesis is to analyse in which ways the social context—particularly, the ...
Some of the most fundamental concerns about democratic politics involve information – who has access...
The study of political discussion has been broken into sub-categories including deliberative democra...
The study of political discussion has been broken into sub-categories including deliberative democra...
There is an agreement among political scholars that political conversation is a good thing and a nec...
Deliberative democracy can be defined as a political system based on citizens\u27 voluntary and free...
Conversation is at democracy’s core. In this dissertation, I examine citizens’ political discussion...
Democratic citizenship is an integral part of democracy. Citizens in a democracy need to have certai...
This paper empirically explores the role of media and political conversation as antecedents to polit...
In this paper we are primarily concerned with political expertise, interest, and agreement as factor...
This article analyzes the role of interpersonal discussion networks and television as the key mediat...
This thesis contributes to the social media literature by focusing on the role and potential of soci...
Online discussions about politics are commonplace these days, and play an increasingly large role in...
Abstract Citizens ’ deliberation and interest in politics are crucial to democracy and have always b...
Interpersonal communication is at the core of every form of human communication system, and the real...